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  HOW LOVE FOR CHRIST FREES US
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon teaches that having a personal relationship with
Christ makes all duties sweet, easy, and free.

Topics: "Christian Freedom", "Surrender To Christ"
Scripture References: Psalm 119:47, Matthew 11:28, Galatians 5:13, Colossians 3:23, 1 Peter 5:7

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DESCRIPTION
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Mary Wilder Tileston emphasizes the joy and fulfillment found in
delighting in God's commandments, expressing a longing to be solely with
Christ and have all duties centered around Him. She highlights the
freedom and sweetness that come from personally surrendering to Christ,
allowing every duty to be done in His company and with His guidance,
leading to a life of ease and love in service.

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CONTENT
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I will delight myself in Thy commandments, which I have loved.

PSALMS 119:47

THIS everlasting and compunctious study of duty, duty to everybody,
everywhere, every day,--it keeps you questioning all the while, rasping
in a torment of debates and compunctions, till you almost groan aloud
for weariness. It is as if your life itself were slavery. And then you
say, with a sigh, "Oh, if I had nothing to do but just to be with Christ
personally, and have my duty solely as with Him, how sweet and blessed
and secret and free would it be." Well, you may have it so; exactly this
you may do and nothing more! Sad mistake that you should ever have
thought otherwise! What a loss of privilege has it been! Come back then
to Christ, retire into the secret place of His love, and have your whole
duty personally as with Him. Only then you will make this very welcome
discovery, that, as you are personally given up to Christ's person, you
are going where He goes, helping what He does, keeping ever dear, bright
company with Him, in all His motions of good and sympathy, refusing even
to let Him suffer without suffering with Him. And so you will do a great
many more duties than you even think of now; only they will all be sweet
and easy and free, even as your love is.

HORACE BUSHNEM

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